[Leviathan (--)]

Boom—

Just as everyone fell silent, a deafening explosion sounded from the distant sea.

They turned to look.

Under the moonlight, columns of water shot up from the sea.

But that wasn't important.

The columns of water weren't important at all.

Because the moon had just risen, the full moon illuminated everything else on the sea clearly.

"Um... that should be a whale, right?"

"What else could it be? Are there any other sea creatures shaped like that?"

"There is. There's a monster called the spearhead squid that looks about the same if you lay it flat."

"But those don't have tentacles..."

"Those columns of water are all tentacles growing out of its body..."

Once they saw what the silhouette beneath the enormous full moon really was, everyone casually started commenting on it.

If its silhouette looked that huge from here, then it must have been enormous.

But neither the people from Tarot Villa nor the sailors aboard the ship were afraid.

After all, they had only just survived a rampage of giant monsters.

They were already used to monsters of this size.

Besides, the Witch of the Tower, who specialized in dealing with giant monsters, was right there.

So there was no need to—

"Then, shall we go?"

As the enormous whale drew closer to the fleet, Riesling stood up with a bottle of wine in hand, rolled his shoulders, and sneered.

Orff stood up too, pulled two axes from his Card, and hefted them in his hands.

Everyone else did the same.

They looked as if they were waiting for a thrilling battle.

Of course.

Since it was a battle, someone would have to lead the charge.

The only difference between Tarot Villa's battle group and other teams was that Lan Qingyou, the Witch of the Tower, was